I'm going to show it to Michael to see if he'd like to do this instead. OMW, one more project around here for him. Our list is very long. I wonder if this method would work for ducks. That where we get the most waste. Our quails were wasting alot of feed too but I bought one of those long...
We don't have waste even with our conventional hanging feeder and kitchen scraps sre just thrown out on the coop floor so they can scratch a bit for them too. I like your feed setup. Just one question. How do you flip that 5L bottle full of feed over to place it in the pipe without losing some...
That's the same ones we use in 2 of 3 quail pens. But you're right,the waste is awful. We chose one of those skinny long feeders with the holes across it where they access the feed. Only thing is,it's good for tiny quail so I don't know how it would work for chickens unless you drilled holes in...
This is the one I'm currently using in my 3 quail pens that are similar to yours and that I don't like.
This is what I'm changing to. I just used it for my new 7 month old bantam for a couple of days when she was quarantined and it worked out great. Hope this helps:)
I have this same feeder for my quails and I don't like them. Yesterday I picked one of them up that was pretty full of feed and the top separated from the bottom leaving a mound of feed on the pen floor. Grrr. I just scraped up as much as possible and put it back in the bottom which was way...